permaculture

Workshop Module 9: Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 255

Creative thinking : Local open pollinated seeds

Method : Participatory group brainstorm

Tools : Large paper, markers

References : PC Book MOD 9 – Integrated Pest Management

PC Book MOD 5 – Seed Saving and Nurseries

Objective : Participants create a list of local non-hybrid open pollinated seeds

This is a good exercise to follow the presentation about seeds and IPM. It helps to
encourage a practical follow up for after the workshop.

On the large paper create a table something like the following. Leave the
answers to the questions blank so that the participants come up with their
own ideas.

Have the participants suggest local non-hybrid open pollinated seed that they know
about in the area. Then ask them to list the best time to collect them (table 1).

Then ask the participants to explain where they think they could get stocks of the seeds/
plants that can be used for propagating the seeds (table 2).

Local non-hybrid open

pollinated seed varieties

Time to

collect

Where the seeds can be found

in the local community

Vegetables

• Carrot 8 months Around villages (in high altitudes)


• Tomato 4 months Around villages everywhere


• Eggplants 6 months Around villages everywhere
  Grains


• Rice 6 months Around villages in rice farming areas


• Corn 4 months Around villages everywhere


• Beans 5 months Around villages everywhere
  Herbs/medicines


• Coriander 8 months Around villages (in high altitudes)


• Sambiroto 1 year Around villages (in high altitudes)
  Fruits


• Papaya 1 year Around villages everywhere


• Mango 5 years Around villages everywhere
  Table 1. Table 2.

Place the list in the training space so that it can be referenced during the

rest of the workshop.

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